Marinha do Brasil e o terrorismo marítimo: oportunidades e sugestões

Abstract

The volatile, uncertain, ambiguous and complex world in which we live presents a large number of events that greatly affect everyone's life. Global impacts go beyond state boundaries and affect the society. There are serious governance challenges, with the aging, globalized and connected population, which demands more and more from States. In this context, the phenomenon of terrorism is one of the new threats, and it cannot do without care and planning due to its serious consequences. In Brazil, society's perception of the terrorist threat looks like a fantasy, distant from our reality. The unstable nature of terrorism requires the Armed Forces to remain able to act in a coordinated manner with international and national organizations. Therefore, due to the great wealth that Brazil owns in Amazônia Azul®, maritime terrorism appears as a threat that cannot be ignored. Furthermore, due to the large concentration of population and critical infrastructure close to the coast, an attack of maritime terrorism could cause catastrophic damage to the national economy, with repercussions for the whole society. The extent of the sea and the difficulty to obtain a full surveillance and control, as well as the emotional, social and economic impacts from a maritime terrorism attack, concern the Brazilian Navy. The need for surveillance and protection against threats in Brazilian Juridiscional Waters, requires a increase at Maritime Situational Awareness. Thus, this study comes to the threat of terrorism in general, and maritime terrorism, in particular, in order to improve the security of society and critical infrastructure, identifying suggestions to improve the fight against the phenomenon in the Brazilian Navy